In short: cycling to, then climbing, nine 6400m+ peaks on the Puna. We fell in love with this area back in 2010, during our first biking visit to NW Argentina. Remote gravel tracks winding between giant volcanoes. Not a being…
Traversing Sairecabur: An Adventure with Anna (the biking Ninja)
We’ve never fallen in love with San Pedro de Atacama, despite its evident charms. One of them being that bikes are the most common form of transport. Another being that it’s the launch point for some wonderful trips into the…
Riding Peru’s Great Divide: Part 3 – Good Mud, Bad Mud
For a few days after leaving Old Huanky the combination of rainy season and dirt roads began to manifest in some slightly muddy surfaces. As we manoevered our front wheels through puddles and round the brown stuff, Haz contemplated retiring…
Riding Peru’s Great Divide: Part 2 – The Sound of El Silencio
When heading out on rarely used dirt roads we’ve been asked a few times if we’re not afraid of ‘El Silencio’. That haunted silence which reigns in Peru’s wonderful mountain wildernesses. It’s hard for Peruvian campesinos to understand that it’s…
Riding Peru’s Great Divide: Part 1 – Impossibly Flat
Our route down Peru from Huaraz to Abancay was determined by one thing: taking the highest roads. From experience we knew this strategy normally provides great views, and our Google Earth planning seemed to confirm this. We would constantly be…